A super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton is going on air in Florida and other battleground states with ads that seek to define Donald Trump as hostile to women. It is the first salvo in what will be a negative, expensive general election.

Priorities USA said the ads are part of a three-week $6 million statewide buy in Florida, Ohio, Virginia and Nevada. "This is only the beginning of an aggressive and sustained advertising campaign against Donald Trump and the more voters learn about him the less likely they’re going to be comfortable with the idea that he could be president," said the group's chief strategist, Guy Cecil.

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